Soon, a cold voice came from the room.
"I see."
Then, the door of the room opened with a slight 'creak.'
Hina's figure appeared in front of the burly man.
She had pale pink medium-length hair, parted in the middle, and was wearing a rose-red business suit along with a Marine cape that had the word "Justice" embroidered on the back.
Upon seeing Hina's appearance, the burly man immediately bowed and stepped aside to make way for her.
Hina, biting a cigarette, strode past the burly man.
At the same time, she asked, "Have you found the Kid Pirates' ship?"
The burly man followed Hina's pace and responded loudly, "Not yet!"
Hearing this, Hina took a puff of her cigarette and glanced sideways at the burly man beside her.
A faint puff of smoke escaped from her mouth.
"Hina is disappointed," she muttered.
Meanwhile, on the other side of the island.
There was a bulletin board erected beside a street.
Kronos stood in front of the bulletin board, looking at a faded wanted poster.
A smile appeared on his face.
On the poster was the portrait of a smiling boy wearing a straw hat.
Seeing the captain smile, Gojo Satoru couldn't help but lean in to scrutinize the wanted poster.
"Captain of the Straw Hat Pirates, Monkey D. Luffy?" he read aloud.
"With a bounty of 300 million Berry."
Seeing this, Gojo Satoru cast a suspicious glance at Kronos and asked, "Captain, do you know him?"
Kronos smiled and shook his head.
"No, I don't know him."
"I can only say that I've heard of him."
"It's no big deal. Let's go!" he said with a grin.
"Let's find a place to eat first."
With that, Kronos turned and walked away from the bulletin board.
Though it was just a small wanted poster, to Kronos, it was more than just about the bounty.
The 300 million Berry reward likely meant that Monkey D. Luffy had already caused a big stir at Enies Lobby and openly declared war on the World Government.
There were some faded marks on the wanted poster, indicating that it had been up for a while.
Right now, the ship had been sent to the dock for repairs, and it would take at least two or three days to fix it.
During this time, Kronos and the others would inevitably stay here for a while.
Accommodation was, of course, easy to solve by finding a hotel.
But it was still early, and time for lunch.
So instead of looking for a hotel right away, Kronos decided to take everyone to get something to eat first.
Once they were full, they could look for a hotel afterward.
Under Kronos' leadership, the members of the Kamui Pirates marched forward with purpose.
When the pedestrians around them saw them, they quickly stepped aside.
In a nearby restaurant, a large group of armed people occupied half of the establishment.
But they weren't there to rob the place.
They were just there to eat.
At one of the dining tables in the middle of the group, a man with short red hair, a spiky head, black sunglasses, and a dark red coat was gobbling down his food.
Though his stomach was already bulging like a ball, he still didn't want to stop eating.
This man was one of the Supernovas known as the "Worst Generation."
The Captain of the Kid Pirates, with a bounty of 315 million Berry.
Eustass Kid!
Looking at Kid's eating habits, the other guests in the restaurant were utterly shocked.
"This... what kind of savage eating is this?!"
"With such an appetite, is this guy even human?!"
"Hey, hey, if he eats like this, his stomach might burst! Will it burst?!"
As they spoke, the guests swallowed nervously.
Despite not being a particularly large person, his food intake was astounding.
This was the first time they had encountered someone like him.
However, the members of the Kid Pirates didn't seem to care at all about the comments.
And as for Kid, he cared for nothing but the food in front of him.
At that moment, the wind chimes on the wooden door of the restaurant rang.
"Jingle bell~"
The wooden door creaked open, and a young man led a group of unusually dressed people into the restaurant.
Glancing at the nearly overcrowded establishment, the young man spoke in a slightly lazy voice.
"There are a lot of people."
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